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<p>Actually, lunch was provided. One of the things I love about law school is actually not provided by the law school. It's the clubs. Specifically, the Federalist Society. This group puts on the best talks, often during the lunch hour, and often with Panera Bread providing sandwiches. So, lets recap: (1) great talks; (2) free lunch. Need I say more? Ok, I will. The talk I attended yesterday was on the role of international "law" and foreign laws in the interpretation of the US constitution. The talk itself was as good as could be expected for a 30 minute primer on a vast subject, but what really piqued my interest was some of the definitions the speaker gave us at the very beginning. It was the sort of thing that you can only get by showing up to these sorts of events. You can't get this from a book. It's the sort of thing that you get by going to office hours that you _just can't get_ in lecture. If the rest of the talk had been horrible, I would still be happy to have gone. Even if there was no food. Just a few sentences of insight. Great stuff.</p>
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http://law.rwu.edu/blog/brown-bag-lunches#commentsThu, 30 Sep 2010 20:44:14 +0000J.Pell2069 at http://law.rwu.eduBusiness Cards & "Networking" in Phillyhttp://law.rwu.edu/blog/business-cards-networking-philly
<p>The Law Student "division" of the American Bar Association is hosting a "Leadership Conference" in Philadelphia, PA, this October. I'm going.</p>
<p>As you can likely guess from the extensive use of quotation marks thus far, I'm not exactly the business-y type. I'm somewhat offended, actually, that our society rewards personal connections and networking contacts over pure merit. Sadly, that's a subject for my personal blog. What I'm talking about in this post is logistics.</p>
<p>I need business cards. Where do I get them? What should they look like? What should I call myself on them? What sort of information should I put there? Some of this seems like common sense, but much of it really isn't.</p>
<p>A business card is a first impression, and we all know the value of first impressions. A business card is also a memory. After a conference, that really cool person that you chatted with for half an hour will have 15 new business cards to sort and put away. Will s/he remember which card goes with you? A business card is a statement. What should it state?</p>
<p>I'll keep you posted.</p>
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http://law.rwu.edu/blog/business-cards-networking-philly#commentsNetworking PhiladelphiaMon, 20 Sep 2010 21:06:03 +0000J.Pell2056 at http://law.rwu.eduThree Weeks Inhttp://law.rwu.edu/blog/three-weeks
<p>I'm sitting here contemplating my position on the first day of the fourth week of my 2nd year; the day after labour day.</p>
<p>Although one semester seems like a long time, and two is twice as long, law school goes by fast. I already need to be planning for summer internships and it's barely even September! I didn't intern last summer since I went on the London Study Abroad trip and needed at least some time for my wife (i.e., to travel to visit the in-laws). So, I'm feeling a bit pressured as to what to do with my 2nd (and last) summer of law school.</p>
<p>The coursework itself, however, is much more manageable this time around. Only one of my professors seems to want to "make sure" that a student never comes unprepared twice. (First year, all my professors seemed to go out of their way to impress upon us the importance of being prepared.) Combined with the fact that we're mostly all still smarting from last year's emphasis on preparedness and it means for a more fluid lecture. The professors seem to sense this, and so when a student isn't prepared, they're much more willing to give him/her the benefit of the doubt and move on to another (victim) student.</p>
<p>Don't be confused, though: I have hundreds of pages to read every single day. That's not really as scary as it sounds, but it's nothing to sneeze at. Speaking of reading, I've got some to go do.</p>
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